Supporters hailed it as a way to fight climate change but the white house says it's a regulation that kills jobs and they plan to scrap it the trump administration has signalled intent to withdraw from the clean power plan an obama era regulation limiting carbon emissions from coal fired power plants he was wrong last administration declare war on coal in it's right for this administration to say that the war a epa chief scott pruitt making that announcement in eastern kentucky pruitt previously served as oklahoma's attorney general enjoined a lawsuit challenging the carbon limits in washington jared halpern fox news.